[wellylug] Haecksen CFP - closing this weekend.

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FYI
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Introduction: The Haecksen miniconf is primarily intended for women who
develop, administer and play with FLOSS and associated hardware. It will
run on Monday, the 18th of January, 2010. Historically this has been the
Linuxchix miniconf, but the organisers felt that this did not reflect
the full range of ways in which women in Australasia and the wider
Pacific area engage with these technologies. In its place, we decided to
use 'haecksen' - the feminine plural in German for 'hacker'.*

We would like to encourage a mix of listening and participation. As
such, please contact us if you are interested in running a panel or
discussion.

Suggested Topics: smart crafting, usability, cloud living, professional
development, loyalty tax, community management, best practices,
documentation, impostor syndrome, virtualisation, computer security,
social engineering, fashion technology, hardware hacking, how to submit
your first patch.

However! This should not imply that topics not on the list are not
welcome. This miniconf is, in brief, looking for women doing interesting
stuff with interesting technologies. This may mean you. 

Submissions: To submit a talk to the Haecksen miniconf, you can do it
via haecksen.org.nz or mail miniconf at haecksen.org.nz with your name, the
title of the talk, and a brief abstract. An organiser may contact you to
request further information if needed. 

Talks can be full length at 40 minutes, half length at 20 minutes, or a
lightning talk. If you submit your talk via email please remember to
note if you will allow Linux Australia to record your talk.

Inexperienced speakers are encouraged to submit.

Important Dates: The CFP closes at midnight October 25th 2009. Selected
talks will be announced at the beginning of November 2009. 

* Hacker can be a somewhat ambiguous term, especially when used in
mainstream media. The usage here derives from the "person who likes
messing about with stuff" definition, rather than the "person who gains
unauthorised access to stuff".